On Thu, 2026-05-28 at 00:25 +0300, msh210 via agora-discussion wrote: > I wrote, in part: > > I act on behalf on Gaelan to announce that eir birthday was in the > > past 15 days. > > > > [Mostly to see whether it works. I don't see why it wouldn't.] > > And now I realize why it wouldn't. Or... I think I do. I had been > interpreting the last paragraph of Rule 2466 as "any time the rules > don't specify 'as emself' they allow agency". But that's not what > that paragraph says; and the *first* paragraph of Rule 2466 requires > that a rule specifically allow agency in any given case. So my > quoted > action failed. > > Did I get that right this time? Someone help out the tyro, please.
I think "Allowing a person to act on behalf of another person is secured at power 2.0." (rule 2466), together with "A Rule that makes change, action or value secured [...] thereby makes it IMPOSSIBLE to perform that change or action" (rule 1688), is the clearest reason why you can't take an action on behalf without specific rules permission allowing you to. -- ais523
